Spectrum Scale User Group

CANCELLED - Midwest Storage Scale User Group 2025
2025-04-16 - 2025-04-17
This event is cancelled. We are looking for a new date later in the year.
Join the Midwest Scale (GPFS) User Group at Case Western Reserve University. Meet with other IBM Storage Scale users, IBM Development and Product Management personnel, IBM Partners, and more.
We will cover the latest strategy and roadmap, how to size your environment, interesting use cases, exciting new capabilities, Scale for containerized workloads, and have guest speakers from customers and partners to share use cases and innovations using IBM Storage Scale and Storage Scale System.
The event is face-to-face and free of charge. Please register here prior the event:
https://www.ibm.com/events/reg/flow/ibm/YQ31JDMB/landing/page/landing
Day 1 – April 16th 9 AM – 5 PM
Tinkham Veale University Center – Senior Class Conference Room
11038 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH
We will have a full day of sessions
Day 2 – April 17th 8 AM – 12 PM
Adelbert Hall – Toepfer Room – Second floor
2040 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH
We will be a mini-workshop
Would you like to present? Submit your session on our Call for Speakers form, due by March 28th, 2025.

UK New User Day 2025 - May 12, 2025
2025-05-12 | IBM Client Center London, 20 York Road, London, SE1 7ND, United Kingdom
IBM is organizing a Storage Scale New User Day in London, UK. We have an exciting agenda covering an introduction in Storage Scale and Storage Ceph. We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Detailed agenda will follow later.
Date: May 12, 2025 – New User Day
Location: IBM Innovation Center, London, UK
The New User Day is face-to-face only and free of charge. You need to register prior the event.
https://briefingsource.edst.ibm.com/register/VJAFL4EP
The New User Day is followed by the regular Storage Scale User Meeting at May 13+14, 2025:
https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/uk-user-meeting-2025-may-1314-2025/

UK User Meeting 2025 - May 13+14, 2025
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-14 | IBM Client Center London, 20 York Road, London, SE1 7ND, United Kingdom
The 2025 Storage Scale UK User Meeting will be held in London, UK. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories, roadmap update, the latest insights into accelerating AI workloads, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Topics planned to be covered include:

Strategy Update
What is new in Storage Scale and Storage Scale System?
Solutions for Nvidia workload
Content Aware Storage
New control plane for Storage Scale (a.k.a. Modernization of Scale)
Containerized Native and CSI deep dive
AFM deep dive
Storage Scale S3 tiering to tape and advanced S3 functions
Consistent Safeguarded Copy for Storage Protect on Storage Scale

Detailed agenda will follow later.
Date: May 13+14, 2025 – Storage Scale UK User Meeting
Location: IBM Innovation Center, London, UK
The Storage Scale UK User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. You need to register prior the event.
https://briefingsource.edst.ibm.com/register/MSXF49FA
The Storage Scale Scale User Meeting is preceded by the Storage Scale New User Day at May 12, 2025:
https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/uk-new-user-day-2025-may-12-2025/

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Storage Scale User Meeting @ ISC25
2025-06-10 15:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Congressplatz 1, Hamburg, 20355, Germany
IBM is organizing a Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2025. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories, roadmap update, insights into potential future product enhancements, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. The user meeting is followed by a Get Together to continue the discussion.
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – 15:00-18:00 | ISC Convention Center – Room: XC2
The User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge, though an ISC exhibition pass is required to access the venue. We are looking forward to welcome you to this event

Please register here for the event:
https://www.ibm.com/events/reg/flow/ibm/QB4LEYMB/landing/page/landing
NDA’s have to be signed when entering the meeting room as roadmap items are discussed. A non-confidential version of the charts will be made available after the event.
This meeting will cover the following topics:

Keynote – Shaping what’s next: With trusted storage and bold vision
What is new in Storage Scale and Storage Scale System?
Performance update
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) – Site Update

Please see the registration page for details and updates.
After the meeting we invite you for a reception with refreshments to continue the conversation.

West Coast IBM Storage Scale New User Day and User Group Event 2025
2025-08-05 - 2025-08-07 | IBM San Jose, 555 Bailey Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95141, United States
This West Coast IBM Storage Scale Users Group event is open to all IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) and IBM Scale System (ESS) users, as well as those who wish to learn more about IBM Storage Scale (IBM employees, IBM Business Partners and Customers).
IBM Storage Scale is IBM’s flagship software-defined parallel file system infused with sophisticated enterprise data management capabilities. The IBM Storage Scale System is a preconfigured high-performance hardware “building block” for unstructured data storage with unrivaled integrity. Ready to participate in today’s multi-cloud world of AI, HPC, and Big Data, Storage Scale delivers the performance and agility you need to get deeper insights from your data faster – giving you the edge to outthink and outperform your competition and win in the cognitive era.
Join us for this interactive New Scale User Day and/or Technical Users Group experience on IBM Storage Scale and the Storage Scale System!
Day 1 – Accelerate your AI Model, Training, and Inferencing with IBM Storage Scale
Day 1 is for New Clients interested in how IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Scale can accelerate their AI environments
Learn how data generation is changing today, and how IBM Storage Scale can accelerate AI workloads and access data anywhere via a global data platform.
How to optimize NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD and NVIDIA DGX environments for model training and inferencing with IBM Storage Scale and IBM’s new Content Aware Storage.
Location: IBM San Jose, 555 Bailey Avenue, San Jose, CA 95141
Session Times: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Please register here for the New User Day.
Day 2 and 3 – IBM Storage Scale Users Meeting
The 2025 West Coast User Group Meeting will be held in San Jose, California. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories, roadmap update, the latest insights into accelerating AI workloads, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Agenda:

IBM Storage Scale strategy update
IBM Content Aware Storage
Product-related updates
Scale S3 tiering
Break-outs, workshops and collaborations

Location: IBM San Jose, 555 Bailey Avenue, San Jose, CA 95141
Session Times: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Please register here for the regular user meeting.
Important Note: Dress is business casual and customers will need to bring their own laptop for hands on labs. Attendees will be responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements and expenses.
For more information on Users Group information: Paul Zakoor (pzakoor@us.ibm.com).

Storage Scale User Meeting @ eResearch Australasia 2025
2025-10-20
IBM is organizing a Storage Scale User Meeting at eResearch Australia 2025. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories, roadmap update, insights into potential future product enhancements, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. The user meeting is followed by a Get Together to continue the discussion.
Date: Monday, October 20, 2025 – whole day
More details will follow later.

CIUK User Group 2025
2025-12-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Manchester Central Convention Complex, Petersfield, Manchester, M2 3GX, United Kingdom
CIUK DAY TWO – Friday 5 December 2025 – 11:30 – 13:30

Organiser: Michael Holliday (UCL)

(CIUK Breakout Room)
Exchange Rooms 8 – 10
Upstairs at Manchester Central

Duration
Start Time
End Time
Topic
Speaker

5
11:30
11:35
Intro
Michael, Laurence and Chris

35
11:35
12:10
What’s new in Scale and Scale System?
Chris

15
12:10
12:25
The Journey to Modernising Trust in GPFS
Laurence

15
12:25
12:40
Tuxera
Duncan

15
12:40
12:55
IBM Support Update
Par

20
12:55
13:15
AI Data Engine (File Heat, Content …)
Chris

15
13:15
13:30
Bridgeworks

UK: Storage Scale New User Day
2026-05-18 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | IBM Client Center London, 20 York Road, London, SE1 7ND, United Kingdom
Get ready to dive into Storage Scale basics
Meet fellow newbies for a fun day of learning & networking

UK: Storage Scale User Group 2026
2026-05-19 08:00 - 2026-05-20 17:00 (Europe/London) | IBM Client Center London, 20 York Road, London, SE1 7ND, United Kingdom
The agenda includes:

user stories
roadmap updates
insights into accelerating AI workloads

There will be access to IBM experts over the two days.

Milan - IBM Storage Scale User Group Event
2026-05-25 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | IBM Innovation Studio Milan, Piazza Gae Aulenti 10, Milan
Join us in Milan for the IBM Storage Scale User Group, a full day focused on IBM Storage Scale, GPFS, high performance storage, and large scale data management.
This event brings together IBM specialists, customers, architects, storage administrators, HPC teams, and partners to share practical experience from real world deployments across enterprise, research, and high performance computing environments.
The day will include technical presentations, customer talks, open discussions, and networking with members of the wider Storage Scale community. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss operational challenges, and learn about current and future developments within the Storage Scale platform.
Topics throughout the day will include:
• IBM Storage Scale and GPFS deployments
• Performance, resilience, and scalability
• Modern data platforms and infrastructure
• Best practices from production environments
• Operational management and administration
• Community discussion and technical networking
Who should attend:
• Storage administrators
• Infrastructure and platform architects
• HPC and research computing teams
• Linux and OpenShift administrators
• Technical teams working with large scale data environments
Registration is currently closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact cdmaestas@us.ibm.com.
We look forward to welcoming the Storage Scale community to Milan for a day of technical discussion, collaboration, and networking.

Hamburg ISC - IBM Storage Scale User Group
2026-06-23 13:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Congressplatz 1, Hamburg, 20355, Germany
Join us in Hamburg during ISC High Performance for the IBM Storage Scale User Group event, focused on the latest developments in IBM Storage Scale and Storage Scale System.
This session brings together IBM specialists, customers, architects, and technical teams working with high performance storage and large scale data environments. The event is designed for both existing Storage Scale users and those interested in learning more about the platform and its latest capabilities.
The agenda will include updates on new IBM Storage Scale features, performance developments, and operational best practices, along with a customer success presentation from PSI. The session will conclude with an open discussion, providing attendees with the opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, and connect with members of the wider Storage Scale community.
Event details:
23 June 2026
1:30pm – 6:00pm CEST
Meeting Room X6
Congress Center Hamburg
Congressplatz 1
20355 Hamburg, Germany
Topics throughout the session will include:
• Latest IBM Storage Scale and Storage Scale System updates
• Performance improvements and operational insights
• Customer deployment experiences and best practices
• Large scale data and HPC environments
• Open discussion and community networking
Who should attend:
• Storage administrators
• Infrastructure and platform architects
• HPC and research computing teams
• Linux and OpenShift administrators
• Technical teams working with scalable storage platforms
We look forward to welcoming the Storage Scale community to Hamburg during ISC High Performance for an afternoon of technical discussion and networking.

San Jose - 2026 West Coast IBM Data and AI Scale Storage New User Seminar
2026-07-21 08:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | IBM Silicon Valley Lab, 555 Bailey Ave, San Jose, CA, 95141, United States
Join us in San Jose for the 2026 West Coast IBM Data and AI Scale Storage New User Seminar, a one day event focused on modern AI data infrastructure, HPC storage, and IBM Storage Scale.
As GPU environments continue to scale and LLM driven applications become more widely adopted, organisations are increasingly facing challenges around data access, throughput, pipeline complexity, and infrastructure scalability. This event is designed to help technical teams better understand how modern data platforms can support AI and HPC workloads while simplifying operations and improving performance.
Throughout the day, IBM specialists and industry experts will discuss practical approaches to AI data management, scalable storage architectures, and the integration of IBM Storage Scale within modern AI environments.
Topics throughout the seminar will include:
• Building modern AI and HPC data platforms
• High performance storage for GPU accelerated environments
• Designing global data layers across on premises, cloud, and edge infrastructure
• Supporting AI training and real time inferencing workloads
• Reducing bottlenecks in AI data pipelines
• Simplifying access to enterprise data for LLM and RAG workflows
• IBM Content Aware Storage capabilities
• IBM and NVIDIA integrated AI architectures
• Best practices for DGX and SuperPOD environments
• Real world deployment experiences and operational guidance
About IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale is designed for data intensive workloads including HPC, AI, analytics, and large scale enterprise environments. It provides high performance access to unstructured data, a global namespace, and the ability to scale across distributed infrastructure.
With Content Aware Storage, IBM enables AI models and applications to work directly with enterprise data where it resides, reducing data duplication, simplifying pipelines, and improving alignment with continuously changing information.
Who should attend:
• IT and infrastructure leaders supporting AI or HPC environments
• Data architects and AI platform teams
• Storage and systems administrators
• Organisations exploring or scaling LLM and RAG deployments
• Technical teams responsible for large scale data infrastructure
We look forward to welcoming the IBM Storage Scale community to San Jose for a day of technical discussion, learning, and networking.

San Jose - 2026 West Coast IBM Storage Scale User Group Event
2026-07-22 08:30 - 2026-07-23 16:00 (America/Denver) | IBM Silicon Valley Lab, 555 Bailey Ave, San Jose, CA, 95141, United States
Join us at the IBM Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose for a two day, in person IBM Storage Scale User Group event, beginning Tuesday morning and concluding at 4:00pm on Wednesday.
This event is open to all IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) and IBM Storage Scale System (ESS) users, along with anyone interested in learning how IBM Storage Scale supports modern data intensive workloads across AI, HPC, analytics, and enterprise environments.
IBM Storage Scale continues to be IBM’s flagship software defined parallel file system, providing high performance access to unstructured data, advanced enterprise data management, and scalable infrastructure for organisations operating across hybrid and multi cloud environments. IBM Storage Scale System delivers a pre engineered platform designed for reliability, scalability, and high throughput performance at scale.
In 2026, Storage Scale remains closely aligned with the growing demands of AI infrastructure, global data orchestration, analytics, and next generation compute environments, helping organisations simplify data access, accelerate model development, and support modern workloads with confidence.
This interactive technical user group event will include presentations, technical discussions, roadmap updates, customer experiences, and networking opportunities with IBM specialists and members of the wider Storage Scale community.
Topics throughout the event will include:
• AI workloads and global data access with IBM Storage Scale
• Optimising NVIDIA DGX and NVIDIA SuperPOD environments
• Building scalable global data platforms across distributed infrastructure
• IBM Storage Scale and Storage Scale System strategy updates
• New capabilities and enhancements in the 2026 releases
• Customer deployment experiences and operational best practices
• IBM Research insights into data resiliency and storage intelligence
• IBM Content Aware Storage innovations for AI and data intensive workflows
Who should attend:
• IBM Storage Scale and ESS users
• Storage administrators and infrastructure teams
• HPC and AI platform architects
• Research computing and analytics teams
• Organisations building or scaling AI infrastructure
• Technical professionals working with large scale data environments
We look forward to welcoming the Storage Scale community to San Jose for two days of technical discussion, knowledge sharing, and networking.
